African Agriculture and Food Systems
| March 2026 Source data: Tanzania Dairy Board — Viwanda TDB 2025 (tdb.go.tz) Read the recent media coverage of Tanzania’s dairy industry and you could be forgiven for pouring your morning maziwa down the drain in despair. “Tanzania’s dairy sector lacks nine billion litres of milk to meet self-sufficiency,” declared one headline. “Only 2.7 percent […]
KILIMO KINABENKIKA: How Tanzania’s Agricultural Development Bank Rewrote the Rules of Rural Finance | Kilimo Kwanza Kilimo Kwanza Agriculture · Development · Transformation Special Report — A Decade of Agricultural Finance — 2025 KILIMO KINABENKIKA: How Tanzania’s Agricultural Development Bank Rewrote the Rules of Rural Finance From a modest TZS 61.61 billion balance sheet in 2015 to […]
A draft framework released in March 2026 promises to unify the country’s fragmented agri-tech ecosystem. The stakes, for 7.2 million registered farmers and a sector worth 22% of GDP, could not be higher. By Staff Reporter | March 2026 THE PROMISE Walk into any county agricultural office in Kenya today and you are likely to […]
New analysis points to billion-shilling wealth creation opportunities as Tanzania eyes expansion of its corridor agriculture model By Agricultural Development Correspondent Tanzania stands on the cusp of a transformational agricultural expansion — one that could replicate, and potentially surpass, the dramatic income gains recorded in the country’s Southern corridor, according to a policy specialist who […]
From 200 to 100,000 Farmers — Raha Vegetable Farm’s Unstoppable Rise | Kilimo Kwanza Kilimo Kwanza Tanzania’s Agricultural News Platform Agribusiness Agribusiness Wednesday, 18 March 2026 · Morogoro, Tanzania Youth-Led Agriculture · Seedling Nursery · AGCOT Partnership From 200 to 100,000 Farmers — Raha Vegetable Farm’s Unstoppable Rise The launch of a new modern nursery […]
Kilimokwanza.org Agricultural Policy & Food Systems March 2026 News Feature · Livestock & Dairy 36 Million Cattle.Zero Dairy Self-Sufficiency. Tanzania ranks second in Africa for the size of its cattle herd — and yet imports millions of litres of milk every year. Behind this paradox lies a story of culture, broken supply chains, genetics, and […]
Kilimokwanza.org 2026- R6 The history of Egerton University serves as a profound microcosm of the larger socio-economic and political shifts that characterized East Africa throughout the twentieth century. Established at the nexus of colonial settler ambition and the pragmatic requirements of imperial food security, the institution’s trajectory from a rudimentary farm school to a premier […]
Food Systems · Hospitality · Local Sourcing From Farm to Five-Star: The Rebel Supply Chain East African chefs are bypassing the import default — building direct lines from small farmers to luxury hotel kitchens, one plate at a time. By Christine Afandi A. · Kilimo Kwanza Walk into a high-end hotel kitchen in Nairobi, Dar […]
Trade Policy · Food Systems · Tourism The Food Tax Tourism Trap Are EU tariff rules turning East African food souvenirs into contraband — and costing small producers money they will never see? By Christine Afandi A. · Kilimo Kwanza A tourist comes to East Africa. Falls in love with the place. The people. The […]
Young agripreneurs and policymakers converge in Kigali to reimagine agriculture as a pathway to wealth, not a last resort KIGALI, Rwanda — The room at Select Boutique Hotel & Restaurant was, by design, different from the usual policy conference. No podiums draped in institutional banners. No long-winded opening ceremonies. Instead, on the morning of 14th […]